There are plenty of bands who only ever manage to come up with one or two outstanding songs. In your opinion, I should stop listening to those songs then? You said "Good bands don't put out albums with only 2 or 3 good songs on them." I strongly disagree. Good bands DO put out albums with only a few good songs. GREAT bands do better.
Yep. Damn silence used to blanket the world like a fog. Thank god modern progress has defeated the awful quiet. We have driven it away with beeps, honks, bangs, rings and clashes. I don't know how I would sleep without the gentle lullaby of the cooling fans....
Sarcasm naturally (it is my specialty!).
If I had a sniper rifle, every last son of a bitch with a Harley modded for sound would have it shot out from under them as they rounded the corner to my house. I don't accept the "It's so other cars can hear me coming" excuse either. I have been riding motorcycles for decades, and the best way to do that is to drive like everyone around you is out to get you.
We have allowed our world to become polluted with more than just chemicals - we let the noise in too. I am willing to bet it has as much an impact on our long term health.
"Creationism isn't science because you can't replicate it in a laboratory."
I have been having that problem with black holes too. You happen to know anyone with an enormous quantity of superdense matter for sale? Ideally someone local to Los Angeles - courier charges for something that heavy would bankrupt me.
I started going bald at 17. After 4 years, I had the classic 'George Costanza' crown - a fringe of hair around my head at the level of my ears, and a big old bald spot on the top. That seemed to be the equilibrium, and how things stand today, 15 years later.
Needless to say, it made me look significantly older, and not in any good way. I keep my head entirely shaved now, something I started at 19.
Nowadays, having your head completely shaved in western society is completely acceptable for a young person. It hasn't always been that way - when i started, the smallish community where I lived was full of people who took that to mean I was a skinhead, punk, or other 'undesirable' (in their estimation). That sort of thing can have a profound impact - from employment options to social interaction.
Would I have been interested in a legitimate, functioning option to restore natural hair growth? Hell yes.
The assumption that all 'cosmetic' therapies are meritless is narrow minded. I concur that plastic surgery, beauty treatments, hair loss and so forth are things which are abused to a great degree in modern society, but that doesn't eliminate the legitimate need for the development of these treatments.
I agree with your assesment of what makes people look 'old'. Not picking on you directly, just the trend of negative comments I see in this thread.
Forgetting my own trivial hair loss problem - my sister had a car accident that DESTROYED her face. Amazingly, to this day you can barely tell. They pretty much rebuilt her jaw and nose from scratch. The re-constructive surgery that made her 'human' again was one of the most amazing things I have ever seen, and it was all done by a team of plastic surgeons who make their day to day living giving strippers bigger boobs.
Amen to that, my fellow Canadian! Starbucks coffee is fantastic when you were weaned on the teat of Tim Hortons.
Tim Hortons coffee has one single redeeming property, however. You can get it ANYWHERE in Canada. I mean anywhere at all - a town of 2000 people 500 km from nowhere in the middle of the prairies has a Tim Hortons.
As someone who drove coast to coast across Canada more times than he can count, there was always two things I could count on, CBC radio and Tim Hortons coffee.
Pretty sure the grandparent was making a Matrix reference there......though I admit the 'future' scenes in Terminator 2 didn't seem to show the kind of environment where sunscreen played a big role in anyones life.
I work in visual effects for film and television, and have done some of this kind of work.
Computer interfaces in movies and television are often nothing more than special effects. Often the performer interacting with the screen is observing a completely green screen, or a black one with white crosses in the corner. The interface is added in post production as part of the compositing pass. So it ends up being nothing more than graphics. Even the sounds of the keystrokes will be added in later.
Having said that, in films where the interface is used frequently, or in television series where the interface persists over a season or entire series, you may well see custom interfaces created. Stargate, Earth Final Conflict, and CSI are all examples that spring to mind - the interface for a Companion Protectors wrist device needs to stay consistent, so custom software is often created to generate the basic look and feel of the screen. Mind you, I don't profess to know whether programmed interfaces actually were used for the shows I named, but if I were the VFX supervisor for these shows I likely would have had something made to at least generate the basic interfaces.
I did do some work on a few shows in Vancouver where we employed a programmer to create custom interfaces. He had a toolkit of his own making he used to rapidly prototype UI's. This was at least 10 years ago, and flash was not up to the task at the time. I frequently used powerpoint on the same show, and all the performer had to do was press space to advance to the next screen. That technique was reserved for directors and or actors who were uncomfortable reacting to something that wasn't there. In many cases we would end up replacing the practical interface in post production anyways.
The advantage to the powerpoint approach was that modifing the application to suit changes or rewrites was possible on set between takes, a fact which came in handy several times.
Programmed interfaces are a lot more resistant to fast changes on the sort of deadlines series work often has. I should state though that it's been years since I last did interface work. Faced with the same tasks nowadays, I would likely consider flash much more closely, to obtain a more modern and dynamic interface. Whether it would be used would depend on how flexible and predictable the development and prototyping tools are.
Well yes. Because its true. AFter four days of wrestling yet another Linux installation into a workable state, I would have to say that Microsoft has made the better desktop.
Absolutely. I mean, the whole idea of inheritance should just be thrown out. Upon my death, all of my rights and priviledges can just be assigned to the state, where they can be managed most effectively.
Why should my family benefit from my labours. After all they are the reason I have to work so hard, to feed and clothe them, and ensure they have opportunities I never had. Far better my assets get assigned to an impartial comittee of politicians and industry leaders.
Or to be more specific, perhaps Winnie the Pooh's character should be assigned to the public domain, so anyone can do anything they like with it? I myself never had anything to do with Winnie the Pooh, but I have been looking forward to publishing my illustrated childrens book "Pooh smokes a pack!", developed thanks to a generous grant from Phillip Morris. Once it reaches the public domain, there will be nothing preventing me from expressing my vision of a sexually deviant bear who LOVES the honey. Just like the creator wanted.
I never really understood the whole complaint against artistic copyright. Mickey Mouse is subject to copyright for all time? So what. Make your own animated character. Why exactly do we NEED Mickey Mouse to reside in the public domain? Its a serious question.
Why would we be porting GNU/HURD on a the Intel Macs? That's ridiculous. We are developing HURD to be the operating system of the future, not the past! We are working to make HURD boot on an idealized, perfect version of the Mac, which will undoubtedly be the next generation Mac systems. Why would we waste our time with a product that's already shipping.
Just kidding. We all know Hurd is just waiting for the killer app. HURD will come into it's own once everyone realizes that it's the platform Duke Nukem Forever is being developed for.
They are a corporation that is taking your/my money. I want quality products. This simply isn't.
Google has never taken a penny of mine. Have they taken your money? Perhaps you are an advertiser? In that case, choose not to advertise with Google Video.
Say what you will about my slavish devotion - I have a pretty good idea what makes a game platform succeed, and I don't think you have described it.
We will see if your utopian ideal repaces my pragmatic outlook. I wish you luck. I would like things to play out the way you say, but I suspect i will be right anyway.
I believe use of the term 'peeps' in conversation eliminates your comments from serious consideration. Really. Nevertheless :
Gamepark32? Is that the sequel to larry Niven and Steve Barnes wonderful Dreakpark serious? A handheld gaming device you say? I love games. Where can I go to pick up this amazing device, plus a few games? I didn't see it at Futureshop, Bestbuy, EBGames, Blockbuster or Walmart. Sounds like its successor is just poised to destroy the PSP, though, so I will put my PSP in the garbage right away. All hail the GP2X.
When exactly will Hotshots Golf or Burnout be available for it? Or other games I recognize with quality graphics and gameplay that isn't permanently stuck in the beta stage?
I bought the PSP to play GAMES. And I love the games I play on it. Movies, Web browsing, homebrew, all secondary to the main goal. Something tells me aside from geek factor your GP2X is not going to cut it (emulating ancient gaming platforms at slow frame rates does not count).
I downloaded the internet last week from Toronto on my cable modem. After I deleted all the porn and music I was able to fit it onto a CDROM though. If anyone wants it, please let me know.
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Fantastic summary. Thank you.
Absolutely. Damn Canadian dictators.
There are plenty of bands who only ever manage to come up with one or two outstanding songs. In your opinion, I should stop listening to those songs then? You said "Good bands don't put out albums with only 2 or 3 good songs on them." I strongly disagree. Good bands DO put out albums with only a few good songs. GREAT bands do better.
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Oh, sorry. I thought you said Crypto-Fascist. My mistake.
Your reply completed the experience by adding a pedantic correction of a trivial grammatical flaw! :-)
Just teasing. You are correct, of course.
No. Which makes me think this is maybe a negotiating tactic towards an out of court settlement.
Yep. Damn silence used to blanket the world like a fog. Thank god modern progress has defeated the awful quiet. We have driven it away with beeps, honks, bangs, rings and clashes. I don't know how I would sleep without the gentle lullaby of the cooling fans....
Sarcasm naturally (it is my specialty!).
If I had a sniper rifle, every last son of a bitch with a Harley modded for sound would have it shot out from under them as they rounded the corner to my house. I don't accept the "It's so other cars can hear me coming" excuse either. I have been riding motorcycles for decades, and the best way to do that is to drive like everyone around you is out to get you.
We have allowed our world to become polluted with more than just chemicals - we let the noise in too. I am willing to bet it has as much an impact on our long term health.
[RANT OFF]
It eventually leads to death/ Thats pretty disastrous.
"Creationism isn't science because you can't replicate it in a laboratory."
:-). I agree with you 100%.
I have been having that problem with black holes too. You happen to know anyone with an enormous quantity of superdense matter for sale? Ideally someone local to Los Angeles - courier charges for something that heavy would bankrupt me.
Just poking fun
I started going bald at 17. After 4 years, I had the classic 'George Costanza' crown - a fringe of hair around my head at the level of my ears, and a big old bald spot on the top. That seemed to be the equilibrium, and how things stand today, 15 years later.
Needless to say, it made me look significantly older, and not in any good way. I keep my head entirely shaved now, something I started at 19.
Nowadays, having your head completely shaved in western society is completely acceptable for a young person. It hasn't always been that way - when i started, the smallish community where I lived was full of people who took that to mean I was a skinhead, punk, or other 'undesirable' (in their estimation). That sort of thing can have a profound impact - from employment options to social interaction.
Would I have been interested in a legitimate, functioning option to restore natural hair growth? Hell yes.
The assumption that all 'cosmetic' therapies are meritless is narrow minded. I concur that plastic surgery, beauty treatments, hair loss and so forth are things which are abused to a great degree in modern society, but that doesn't eliminate the legitimate need for the development of these treatments.
I agree with your assesment of what makes people look 'old'. Not picking on you directly, just the trend of negative comments I see in this thread.
Forgetting my own trivial hair loss problem - my sister had a car accident that DESTROYED her face. Amazingly, to this day you can barely tell. They pretty much rebuilt her jaw and nose from scratch. The re-constructive surgery that made her 'human' again was one of the most amazing things I have ever seen, and it was all done by a team of plastic surgeons who make their day to day living giving strippers bigger boobs.
As always, no topic is strictly black and white.
Indeed. Thats what the paperclip is for.
Amen to that, my fellow Canadian! Starbucks coffee is fantastic when you were weaned on the teat of Tim Hortons.
Tim Hortons coffee has one single redeeming property, however. You can get it ANYWHERE in Canada. I mean anywhere at all - a town of 2000 people 500 km from nowhere in the middle of the prairies has a Tim Hortons.
As someone who drove coast to coast across Canada more times than he can count, there was always two things I could count on, CBC radio and Tim Hortons coffee.
"It's not a question of strength of will, it's a question of the nature of one's will."
I am going to be thinking carefully about that sentence all day. Thank you.
Unless he rolls a 20, of course.
Pretty sure the grandparent was making a Matrix reference there......though I admit the 'future' scenes in Terminator 2 didn't seem to show the kind of environment where sunscreen played a big role in anyones life.
I work in visual effects for film and television, and have done some of this kind of work.
Computer interfaces in movies and television are often nothing more than special effects. Often the performer interacting with the screen is observing a completely green screen, or a black one with white crosses in the corner. The interface is added in post production as part of the compositing pass. So it ends up being nothing more than graphics. Even the sounds of the keystrokes will be added in later.
Having said that, in films where the interface is used frequently, or in television series where the interface persists over a season or entire series, you may well see custom interfaces created. Stargate, Earth Final Conflict, and CSI are all examples that spring to mind - the interface for a Companion Protectors wrist device needs to stay consistent, so custom software is often created to generate the basic look and feel of the screen. Mind you, I don't profess to know whether programmed interfaces actually were used for the shows I named, but if I were the VFX supervisor for these shows I likely would have had something made to at least generate the basic interfaces.
I did do some work on a few shows in Vancouver where we employed a programmer to create custom interfaces. He had a toolkit of his own making he used to rapidly prototype UI's. This was at least 10 years ago, and flash was not up to the task at the time. I frequently used powerpoint on the same show, and all the performer had to do was press space to advance to the next screen. That technique was reserved for directors and or actors who were uncomfortable reacting to something that wasn't there. In many cases we would end up replacing the practical interface in post production anyways.
The advantage to the powerpoint approach was that modifing the application to suit changes or rewrites was possible on set between takes, a fact which came in handy several times.
Programmed interfaces are a lot more resistant to fast changes on the sort of deadlines series work often has. I should state though that it's been years since I last did interface work. Faced with the same tasks nowadays, I would likely consider flash much more closely, to obtain a more modern and dynamic interface. Whether it would be used would depend on how flexible and predictable the development and prototyping tools are.
Well yes. Because its true. AFter four days of wrestling yet another Linux installation into a workable state, I would have to say that Microsoft has made the better desktop.
Absolutely. I mean, the whole idea of inheritance should just be thrown out. Upon my death, all of my rights and priviledges can just be assigned to the state, where they can be managed most effectively.
Why should my family benefit from my labours. After all they are the reason I have to work so hard, to feed and clothe them, and ensure they have opportunities I never had. Far better my assets get assigned to an impartial comittee of politicians and industry leaders.
Or to be more specific, perhaps Winnie the Pooh's character should be assigned to the public domain, so anyone can do anything they like with it? I myself never had anything to do with Winnie the Pooh, but I have been looking forward to publishing my illustrated childrens book "Pooh smokes a pack!", developed thanks to a generous grant from Phillip Morris. Once it reaches the public domain, there will be nothing preventing me from expressing my vision of a sexually deviant bear who LOVES the honey. Just like the creator wanted.
I never really understood the whole complaint against artistic copyright. Mickey Mouse is subject to copyright for all time? So what. Make your own animated character. Why exactly do we NEED Mickey Mouse to reside in the public domain? Its a serious question.
The Chewbacca Defense refers to a legal argument packed with utter nonesense as a diversion from the main point.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewbacca_defense
Insightful! Why isn't this modded insightful :-)
Seriously - parent poster has it exactly, and if I had the points the would be yours.
Why would we be porting GNU/HURD on a the Intel Macs? That's ridiculous. We are developing HURD to be the operating system of the future, not the past! We are working to make HURD boot on an idealized, perfect version of the Mac, which will undoubtedly be the next generation Mac systems. Why would we waste our time with a product that's already shipping.
Just kidding. We all know Hurd is just waiting for the killer app. HURD will come into it's own once everyone realizes that it's the platform Duke Nukem Forever is being developed for.
They are a corporation that is taking your/my money. I want quality products. This simply isn't.
Google has never taken a penny of mine. Have they taken your money? Perhaps you are an advertiser? In that case, choose not to advertise with Google Video.
Hah.
Say what you will about my slavish devotion - I have a pretty good idea what makes a game platform succeed, and I don't think you have described it.
We will see if your utopian ideal repaces my pragmatic outlook. I wish you luck. I would like things to play out the way you say, but I suspect i will be right anyway.
I believe use of the term 'peeps' in conversation eliminates your comments from serious consideration. Really. Nevertheless :
Gamepark32? Is that the sequel to larry Niven and Steve Barnes wonderful Dreakpark serious? A handheld gaming device you say? I love games. Where can I go to pick up this amazing device, plus a few games? I didn't see it at Futureshop, Bestbuy, EBGames, Blockbuster or Walmart. Sounds like its successor is just poised to destroy the PSP, though, so I will put my PSP in the garbage right away. All hail the GP2X.
When exactly will Hotshots Golf or Burnout be available for it? Or other games I recognize with quality graphics and gameplay that isn't permanently stuck in the beta stage?
I bought the PSP to play GAMES. And I love the games I play on it. Movies, Web browsing, homebrew, all secondary to the main goal. Something tells me aside from geek factor your GP2X is not going to cut it (emulating ancient gaming platforms at slow frame rates does not count).
Sorry - that was me.
I downloaded the internet last week from Toronto on my cable modem. After I deleted all the porn and music I was able to fit it onto a CDROM though. If anyone wants it, please let me know.